Sony Interactive Entertainment's senior vice president in engineering, George Cacioppo, is no longer part of the company after he allegedly appeared in a pedophile sting video that went viral on YouTube over the weekend. According to his LinkedIn profile, Cacioppo worked at Sony on the PlayStation Network and had been with SIE for eight years before his immediate termination.
Sony moves quickly to terminate potential pedophile
It's never easy whenever a company finds one of its high-ranking employees involved in something illegal. However, companies can help minimize any damage done to their reputation by taking swift action. Case in point, Sony's immediate termination of Cacioppo from his post.
People vs. Preds is a vigilante group that conducts non-sanctioned sting operations and uploads their activities on their YouTube channel bearing the same name. In an encounter that they streamed last Friday, a man, who is alleged to be Cacioppo, was found standing outside a home as People vs. Preds' cameraperson approached him following a conversation between him and a supposed 15-year-old boy that he invited over on Grindr.